Dr. Lakhinder S. Bhatia, MD

Dr. Bhatia practices at Digestive Disease Center P A in Palatka, Florida.

Dr. Bhatia's NPI, 1619070851, was assigned on September 6, 2006. Dr. Bhatia graduated from ArMed Forces Medical College Pune in 1975. Dr. Bhatia holds Florida license ME81873.

Dr. Bhatia's primary practice is Digestive Disease Center P A, at 800 Zeagler Dr, Palatka, FL 32177 in Putnam County. The practice phone is (407) 891-8703.

Dr. Bhatia's primary practice is Digestive Disease Center P A in Palatka, Florida. Dr. Bhatia is also affiliated with Holmes Regional Medical Center. The medical group on file is Health First Medical Group (Formerly Mima). Dmand AI also links Dr. Bhatia to 2 more hospitals, 1 physician office, 1 group practice or clinic and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Bhatia practices, 5 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Gastroenterology is Dr. Bhatia's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RG0100X. Dr. Bhatia is board certified in gastroenterology by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dmand AI has Dr. Bhatia's licenses on file in 5 states: Florida, New Jersey, West Virginia, New York and Pennsylvania.

Dmand AI lists acid reflux, colonoscopy, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), peptic ulcer and upper GI endoscopy among the conditions Dr. Bhatia treats.

CMS data shows 513 Medicare services from Dr. Bhatia across 8 procedure codes in 2024, for 154 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $42,287 for them.

CMS counts 154 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Bhatia in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 53 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 42% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 3.01, where 1.00 is the Medicare average, so they are sicker than most Medicare patients.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Bhatia's median patient age at 56, with 50% women.

In 2024, Dr. Bhatia wrote 29 Medicare Part D claims for 11 patients. 90% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 18 of them, across 1 drug with 11 or more claims each, at $110 in total drug cost. In 2016, CMS named 26 claims across 2 drugs.

Dr. Bhatia accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 14 procedures of upper gastrointestinal (gi) endoscopy for acid reflux by Dr. Bhatia, more than 45% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Colonoscopy: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Dmand AI links 3 papers to Dr. Bhatia in 2020. 2020 was the busiest year, with 3. Dr. Bhatia has published most often in Cureus. Dr. Bhatia's most frequent co-author is Richard Henriquez.

CMS Open Payments shows 12 general payments to Dr. Bhatia from 4 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2017. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Valeant Pharmaceuticals International paid the most, $332.

Dr. Bhatia graduated from ArMed Forces Medical College Pune in 1975.

Dr. Bhatia is in network with 12 carriers, including Aetna, Excellus BlueCross BlueShield and Elevance. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 8. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.